Kingdom Hearts III

Kingdom Hearts III

Developers
	Square Enix
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	March 30, 2021
Reception
OpenCritic	85
IGDB	90
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	ARPG, JRPG
Art styles	Anime, Cartoon
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Kingdom Hearts

Kingdom Hearts
Subseries of Disney
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX	2021
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue	2021
Kingdom Hearts III	2021
Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory	2021

Kingdom Hearts III is a singleplayer third-person ARPG and JRPG game in the Kingdom Hearts series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Includes the Re Mind DLC.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\KINGDOM HEARTS III\Epic Games Store\<user-id>\Config

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\KINGDOM HEARTS III\Epic Games Store\<user-id>\SaveGames

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher

Video

Display settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Pillarboxed to 16:9. See Ultra-widescreen for a workaround.
Ultra-widescreen		Pillarboxed to 16:9. See Ultra-widescreen for a workaround.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Supports FXAA, TAA, and FXAA+TAA. Also supports supersampling through the "Resolution Scale" option.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Refresh rate option refers to vsync
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Framerate options include "30", "60", "120", and "Unlocked".
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		Protanopia, Deuteranopia, and Tritanopia filters are available. A strength slider is also available and can be set in intervals of 1, from 1 to 10.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

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  Graphics settings

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  Color blind settings

Ultra-widescreen

Edit KINGDOM HEARTS III.exe with a hex editor

Go to <path-to-game>\KINGDOM HEARTS III\Binaries\Win64 and open KINGDOM HEARTS III.exe in a hex editor, such as HxD. Pillarbox fix Search for AC 8B E3 3F 39 and replace AC 8B E3 3F with the hex value for the desired screen aspect ratio found from the WSGF's Common Hex Values page to offset the game's custom pillarboxing functionality. Search for C7 80 28 04 00 00 3B 8E E3 3F, C7 83 08 04 00 00 3B 8E E3 3F, and C7 83 28 04 00 00 3B 8E E3 3F, and replace the 3B 8E E3 3F portions with the hex value for the desired screen aspect ratio found from the WSGF's Common Hex Values page to offset Engine specific functions that are used for pillarboxing during gameplay and cutscenes. UI and FMV stretching fix Search for F3 0F 5E C8 F3 0F 10 35 EE 58 13 04 and replace with F3 0F 5E C8 F3 0F 10 35 F2 58 13 04 to fix the UI and cutscene stretching that occurs from modifying the value in Step 2. Field of view fix Search for 35 FA 0E 3C BC 74 and replace with 35 FA 38 3C BC 74 for a 21:9 aspect ratio, EF F4 38 3C BC 74 for a 32:9 aspect ratio, or EF D4 83 3C BC 74 for a 48:9 (3x 16:9) aspect ratio. 16:9 screenshot 21:9 screenshot 32:9 screenshot

Input

Key configuration settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		QWERTY, AZERTY and QWERTZ layouts available.
Mouse acceleration		Mouse acceleration seems to be always enabled with mouse input.
Mouse sensitivity		A slider is available and can be set in intervals of 0.1, from 1.0 to 5.0.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Also has X-axis inversion.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Two presets, which only affect cycling through Situation Commands. Type A uses LT while Type B uses up and down on the D-pad. Rebinding the menu Confirm/Cancel buttons also affects the Attack/Jump bindings.
Controller sensitivity		Camera sensitivity with separate values for the Y-axis and the X-axis.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Also has X-axis inversion.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Set Button Icons to Type 1 in Gamepad settings. On by default.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts		Set Button Icons to Type 2 in Gamepad settings.
Light bar support		Static blue.
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	,

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts		Set Button Icons to Type 3 in Gamepad settings. Generic gamepad prompts without any letters or numbers on the face buttons.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Controller and Keyboard/Mouse button prompts rapidly flash based on the last input method used.

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  Keyboard settings

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  Gamepad settings

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  Config settings

Audio

Sound settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sliders for "Master Volume", "BGM". "Sound Effects", and "Voices".
Surround sound		Plays up to 7.1.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Spanish

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  Language Settings

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Criware
Interface	Autodesk Scaleform
Cutscenes	Criware

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10 (1909)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-3330 3.0GHz AMD Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz	Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.1GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	75 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon R7 260X 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Also runs on Windows 7 despite minimum requirements on the store page.